I think when you get into the swing of things with JUDDD, you will naturally give up the snacks or cut way back. I was never a big snacker anyway, but DDs are just so much easier if you don't have to think about when or what to eat next.

Broth, your favorite teas, SF popsicles, raw veggies like celery, peppers, cauliflower are all great choices to help you get through the day. Sometimes just doing something else..focusing on something not food related...will make a big difference and the hunger will just pass away without having anything to eat.

Hi Trigger. I'm new at this, too. I also had my first DD yesterday (700 calories, too!) and lost 2.2#. I'm sure it's mostly water weight. I'm thinking the same as you - I don't want it back! I can see where this DD/UD thing could be mentally tricky. Especially after doing HCG awhile back and seeing drops everyday. But, I will never do HCG again. VLCDs EVERY.SINGLE.DAY with such a limited menu were just too much.

As for snacks, I find raw veggies or berries are really the best for me. Yesterday, a nice hot mid-morning coffee was very helpful with taming the morning grumblies.

Welcome Missy and Trigger.
Everyone's different and you have to experiment a bit. Carby snacks seem to be potentially dangerous on DDs though.
What helps me is to have a hot drink if I feel snacky during the day. I have some nice herby teas I use as treats on DDs. English Breakfast tea also helps.
I'm a late eater so, on DDs I try not to eat till dinner time, then leave myself a snack for later.
There's often a hungry patch around 4pm but it goes away if I ignore it and then I'm often not hungry again till after 8pm.
Pre-JUDDD I'd never have believed it possible for me to do that!!

It helps to be busy on DDs - stops you thinking about what you want to eat!
I also find it's helpful to use the daily menu planners on this forum.

New to this also. I started out at 237 on my first MD, was up to 239.5 on my first DD, down 2.5 yesterday, my first UD, and stayed the same today after my UD. Anxious to see the scale tomorrow after a DD today! Would love to get firmly into the 220's by the end of May - hopefully 225.

I am still considering myself a newbie I am on my 3rd week of Judd. The past couple DD have been hard/er. Once I get past "it" though, I think it's a mental hunger and not so much physical. Even when I am physically hungry, I can get over it. The mental is the hardest!

I think my hardest time of day is between 3pm-7pm. I have been trying to just eat lunch (coffee only in the am) and then eat dinner as late as possible, but I don't think that's working for me. I need to eat around 5-6pm. Yesterday I ate early (around 6pm) and was fine the rest of the night. If I fight it too long, I get really irritable and HUNGRY. I am just glad I am figuring this out. Anything to make DD easier. I had a couple easy ones, and want them all to be that way.

Anyways to answer the question about feeling snacky, I just drink water or herbal tea. I try to ignore that, and only feed true hunger (within my calories, of course). I try to stick to low cal foods all day, so that I can make the most of my day, like 0% Greek yogurt, low calorie protein shakes (110 cals each), egg whites, vegetables (lettuce, cukes, etc) and low-cal dressing. Also I sometimes like oatmeal on DD for dinner.

I'm so new I posted my first message on the wrong thread - still finding my way around. I started reading here yesterday, but had been investigating fasting for a few weeks. Today is my first DD day. I'm ready for a new WOE and a healthier me!

I am in my second month of JUDDD and I have been very pleased with the results.

Everyone is so great here and super supportive and very patient. Don't hesitate to ask questions, and ask more questions, read the threads, complain, celebrate...it's all allowed. All the JUDDER's newbies and oldbies are amazing!

Hi Trigger. I'm new at this, too. I also had my first DD yesterday (700 calories, too!) and lost 2.2#. I'm sure it's mostly water weight. I'm thinking the same as you - I don't want it back! I can see where this DD/UD thing could be mentally tricky. Especially after doing HCG awhile back and seeing drops everyday. But, I will never do HCG again. VLCDs EVERY.SINGLE.DAY with such a limited menu were just too much.

As for snacks, I find raw veggies or berries are really the best for me. Yesterday, a nice hot mid-morning coffee was very helpful with taming the morning grumblies.

Here's to a great May!!! Let's do this!

We are twins almost! berries as a snack is a great idea!! love them, they don't trigger me for more and they would fit in great for me.

congrats on that loss. water weight etc., who cares!! it is gonzo off the old scale

Im new here to JUDDD too. Yesterday was my first DD and I was discouraged initially to see a 2 pound gain after my UD. Thankfully, I lost it by this morning. (2.2 loss) I need to practice weighting only 1 time/week.
So used to HCG and weighing myself daily. Today is my 2nd UD and so not used to eating so much food. (did 500 calories on HCG)
Nice to meet everyone and good luck everyone!!

I second everyone's recommendation of chicken broth. A mug can really help you get through the hungries. I like to have some celery (4 oz is 16 cals) with salt...the crunch really satisfies...a dill pickle is nice too sometimes. My DD is almost all snacks...I put together a few snacks and make that the first part of my day, then I will have a small meal at night. Works great most of the time.

Everyone!

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DH and I watched Dr. Mosley's PBS documentary on fasting last night. Very interesting and I think it piqued DH's curiosity. I had not told him about doing this, but now he knows and wanted to know this morning if I was going to start fasting. Told him I already had. Hehe.... The health benefits cited by Dr. Mosley were very intriguing.

Has anyone here done or contemplated doing the 5/2 plan?

Thanks for the tips from the seasoned veterans. I really appreciate that. One thing that has always impressed me about the JUDDD board is how helpful and friendly everyone is. That's a true testament to the program!

Very happy with the results so far - experienced a minor gain from adding in carbs and now on my way back down. Hopefully will soon pass my lowest LC weight and start a downward trend after bouncing around the same 2-3 lbs for the past 4 weeks on LC.

Many of the JBs are using 5:2 for maintenance & weight loss. That crew usually has a weekly thread they start up in the forum, you should be able to find past ones with a search or paging through the first few screens of threads.

to all our newbies!

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I do 5:2 for maintenance, and eat higher than the JUDDD recommended calories for my UDs and less than 500 for my DDs. I was still losing a bit with my numbers from JUDDD but with only 2 DDs per week, even at goal, so I increased UDs.

I wish I could quit snacks. I just always did it and would be a monster hard habit to break. I rely on them sometimes to control me without going overboard.

Adill--did you find it hard to give up snacks? I don't know if I can go there yet lol

No it wasn't hard to give up snacks. Three meals a day for weeks on end and it became a habit. If I "think" I want something between meals I drink water or tea or coffee. If I think I am starving a cup of broth takes care of the problem and at 5 calories it isn't much of a snack. Rarely need the between meal broth though.

I have been doing JUDD-ish. I need to up my up day calories and decrease my down day alcohol! Still, I am doing Ok. I love the Costco Protein shakes for down days. 30gm of protein for 160 calories. I am down several pounds since I started a few weeks ago, with a general downward trend. I read the book over Easter weekend and have been doing a kind of a JUDD since then.
The main problem I have is hat I am training for a 5k (power walk not run) and I try to do my harder workouts on up days but it doesn't always work out that way.